The three hooligans began taking their clothes off as soon as they parked the van in the alley behind the market. Soon they were completely naked. They put on their jogging shoes and ski masks. They had a few beers in them. It was winter and cold. This was in the early 1980’s when streaking and mooning were more in vogue. Their plan was to enter the market from its back door in the alley, jog through the market naked screaming ‘fun house’ like crazy laughter, leave through the front door going out unto the main street of the town, run to the left down to the corner, turn left at the corner, run to the alley, run down the alley and make their get-away in the van. They were quite confident that they would get away with their daring stunt. They entered the back door laughing uncontrollably putting their plan into action. Everything was going as planned. A few people were in the market, some were shocked, others were amused. The first hooligan made it out the front door and preceded on the escape route to the van. The second hooligan did the same. Everything was going according to plan. The third hooligan, Eamonn, ran out the front door turning left and slipped on some sidewalk ice. Eamonn landed leveled out on the sidewalk breaking his left clavicle and had the wind knocked completely out of him. He rolled over on his back and was fully immobilized. The expected bus then pulled up with its front door opening while stunned and shocked people left the bus getting a free peep show of Eamonn. A police officer entered the scene and took Eamonn’s ski mask off of him. Some of the onlookers knew him. Eamonn was taken to jail and charged with Indecent Exposure. His mother was not too happy. It was Eamonn’s idea to do the streaking and he is the one who was apprehended while the other two hooligans got away.

What comes to mind here is the saying, “If you want to make God laugh, tell God your Plans.” We should not force our agendas on others. People see through the masks of others. I have mentioned in this blog that “a way” that can help in reaching higher states of illumination is to get in the habit of saying, “I am not separate” as much as you can while being cognizant of how your actions affect others. This also means how your words affect others and how your emotions affect others. You become straight forward in your communication. You stop playing games with others. You stop having ‘hidden agendas’ within your communication. You stop manipulation. You become secure and strong enough not to manipulate. The more that you do this the more you will sharpen you concentration ability. You concentrate on your self with the intention of improving your self which helps you and everybody else. You stop being a phony. You become you. Try not to copy others too much. Become Self-Realized. When you become honest and true within your self you know God.

Finding activities that make you concentrate will push you closer to mystical illumination experiences that expand your awareness of our world and of each other greatly. I am a juggler and juggling has heightened my concentration abilities immensely. I recommend juggling for everyone. People of all ages can learn to juggle. I am currently training an eighty-four year old woman in juggling who is progressing nicely. I am an advocate for the art and sport of juggling to be added to all school physical education programs. Juggling leads to advanced psycho motor skill, whole brain thinking, deep feeling and overall bodily awareness. A juggler’s self-esteem is enhanced because of the sense of accomplishment that comes with getting better at it. Juggling aides in general body awareness of self and others.

By concentrating on your breathing and tuning in on observing your thoughts, feelings and actions you become a natural watchman of your self. You are actually becoming better at concentrating on your self and this becomes your natural behavior after a while. You stand sentry over your self and in doing the work of self-sentry you begin to see if others are also involved in self-sentry behavior. You will notice that most people are not. But, at this point of maturity, you most certainly are noticing your self within and among others and you become much more caring for others as those close to you will verify.

The more aware we become, the more we notice what we do and the more we notice what others do after we do it. We are the cause looking for the effect of our cause in others and in the overall environment so to speak. We effect others behavior because we are all interconnected. Disciplining your self in this way will certainly make you ‘conscious of your self among others’ which is what it is all about as far as being in touch with common reality, achieving advanced states of awareness and levels of Illumination and eventual ground floor Enlightenment. Advanced states of awareness aid us in everything that we do. You will come to notice that your True Self is behind your mind, so to speak, and that your True Self is observing the thoughts moving through your mind. Being more perceptually advanced will make you more socially adroit, more aware, more awake or whatever you want to call heightened aliveness. Moreover, your main goal in spiritual awareness, which is really love of self and others, is to become as conscious as you can of your self among others. When you really get there you know God.

The major benefits of being graced with transforming visions, locutions and other observable and credible mystical receptions is that the experiences continue to teach the experiencer throughout their lifetime. The major vision of spiritual masters that I had and the spoken locution – WORDS ARE TRAPS – that I heard while being transfigured are my constant teachers. I decided to give what my experiences have taught me for the past thirty-seven years and what is taught to me on a daily basis in this blog and on Facebook. It is said that it takes a great amount of energy to enlighten others and I have “gone through the mill” so to speak. I labored very hard and had to struggle with the collective consciousness to set the foundation. Now that I have the foundation set, I am going to relax more and go back to the activities that I love. Follow me on Facebook and this blog words-are-traps.blog to receive information from the awareness of my ever deepening and widening Cosmic Consciousness.

How pure is the communication that you are receiving? Is is pure? Is it somewhat tainted with impurity? Is it bogus? Will you change your mind about it as your personal expansion deepens and widens?

In Speech Communication we learn about the Sophist. A sophist is a clever communicator who can be tailoring their communication to deceive. I offer a few definitions from the NEW WORLD DICTIONARY Of The American Language for readers to use in their discernment process:

sophist n. 1. in ancient Greece, any of a group of teachers of rhetoric, politics, philosophy, etc. some of whom were notorious for their clever, specious arguments 2. a learned person 3. any person practicing clever, specious reasoning

sophistical adj. 1. of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry 2. clever and plausible, but unsound and tending to mislead [a sophistical argument] 3. using sophistry

specious adj. 1. seeming to be good, sound, correct, logical, etc, without really being so; plausible but not genuine [specious logic]

plausible adj. seemingly true, acceptable, etc.: often implying disbelief 2. seemingly honest, trustworthy, etc.: often implying distrust

SYN. – plausible applies to that which at first glance appears to be true, reasonable, valid, etc. but which may or may not be so, although there is no connotation of deliberate deception [a plausible argument]; credible is used of that which is believable because it is supported by evidence, sound logic, etc.; specious applies to that which is superficially reasonable, valid etc. but is actually not so, and it connotes intention to deceive [a specious excuse] – ANT. genuine, actual

Forgiveness is Self Realization. You forgive your Self because you realize that you could not help what you did. You forgive Others because you realize that they could not help what they did. You make a space in your Heart for Others. You realize that you are NOT SEPARATE from Others. You realize that you are CONNECTED with Others. You realize that a Part of the SAME SUPREME SELF is in EVERYONE… is in EVERYONE…EVERYTHING…SEE IT…KNOW IT...FEEL IT. I realizes We. BLESSED ARE THE PURE OF HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.

LOVE OF SELF/OTHERS IS KEY – Be conscious of your breathing as much as possible – Surrender to God as you understand God – Exercise – Learn about Contemplation – Learn about Meditation – Forgive your Self, you could not help it and They could not help it – I realizes We – Be as as Honest with your Self as you can, always, as you Inquire inside your Self – No matter what, do not be afraid to face your Self – Accept your Self the way you are right now – Find time to be alone – Read/Study – Absorb your Self in the Beatitudes – Observe how babies learn or become conditioned – Go backwards realizing how your life was conditioned – Realize that before your conditioning you were blank – As much as you can say “I am not separate” from others – Notice the affect that your actions and/or energy have on others – ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU “TRULY” REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM OTHERS BECAUSE YOU “TRULY” REALIZE THAT YOU ARE “CONSCIOUS” OF YOUR SELF AMONG OTHERS – OH MY GOD I’M AWAKE!!!

I am not the only researcher who has come out with this information. It is no secret that we all learn from each other and that the Christian biblical information that I have sited is told in other traditions in different ways. This is why words like Universal and Collective are used in description.

The Formula

Illumination = 1) Surrender to being Honest with One’s Self + 2) Genesis 2:7 “Breath” + 3) Exodus 3:13-14 “I am who I am” + 4) “Beatitudes.”

When we surrender to be Honest with our Self, we are surrendering to the Great Spirit that is inside and outside of us. Breathing awakens us to how our organism holds the Great Spirit. I am is our individual Self that is part of the Universal/Collective/Cosmic/Supreme/Primordial/Great Spirit/Self (The OVERSOUL of Emerson). Contemplating and becoming the Beatitudes is the necessary character development that removes illusions from our minds that obstruct our awareness of The Great Spirit that is inside and outside of us or everywhere.

The Final Outcome

The final outcome of the formula is that we become highly conscious. We become Illuminated or Enlightened. We realize that our personal Self is part of the Universal Self. We literally see and know that we are not separate from others within the Cosmos. We see and know our Self in others. We realize that we are the cosmos. We understand how our behavior affects others and the entire cosmos. We understand ONENESS.

I took this off a funeral card at the Congregation Of The Great Spirit in Milwaukee, WI.

In loving Memory of Sharon Lotus Baily (Nov 27th, 1944 – Dec 30th, 2019) and her son Nemo Piano Baily (July 2nd 1982 – Jan 1s,t 2020).

In the Lakota/Sioux tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most wakan, most holy. There’s a sense that when someone is struck by the sudden lightening of loss, he or she stands on the threshold of the spirit world. The prayers of those who grieve are considered especially strong, and it is proper to ask them for their help.

You might recall what it is like to be with someone who has grieved deeply. The person has no protection, nothing left to defend. The Great Mystery is looking out through the person’s eyes. For the time being, he or she has accepted the reality of loss and has stopped clinging to the past or grasping at the future. In the groundless openness of sorrow, there is a wholeness of presence and a deep natural wisdom. PEACE TO YOU!

Oh, Jesus and the saints of all traditions want Us to become More Conscious! I want to lose my individual ego as much as I can so I am Spiritually Comfortable. That is what they tell me to do. Gee, don’t I first have to be aware of my ego and what it does in order to lose it? Yes. I see that I lose my ego by being Honest with my Self. I notice that the more Honest I am with myself, the more the Divine Indwelling inside of me merges with my ego. I have Faith in God. Oh my God! Other people have feelings. Other people are not objects. I Purge the wrongs I have done to Others, and the wrongs Others have done to me, out of my body. I Forgive myself and Others because We could not have helped it at the time. I realize that We were not advanced enough to help what We did. We Forgive Each Others’ Hearts. I realize what Jesus meant by Forgiveness. I realize that Unconditional Love and Unconditional Forgiveness are One. I am becoming Illuminated. I Love everybody. I realize that as long as I harbor envy, jealousy, revenge and other bad feelings in my Heart that I will never go into The Higher Mind of Yoga (yoke) or Spirituality. I realize that if I do not get rid of bad feelings, and bad ways of being, that I will not be fully balanced for, or understand higher Spirituality. I fully SURRENDER to SELF-HONESTY. This is surrendering to God? Yes. I’ve accepted myself. I’m authentic. Yes you are. I realize that the bad thoughts and feelings just cannot be there any more. I realize that it is the new Me. I realize that this is transformation. I know I am involved in activities that make me Love myself more. I feel my Self-Esteem getting higher. I Forgive you. I am a Luminous being. I know that under it all, you know how to straiten your Self out. I realize that the more Honest I am, the more I Love myself. LOVE. I notice that I have become aware that I transfer Love in general to everybody. I notice that I am becoming much more aware of my mind, my body, my thoughts, my affairs. I notice my breath and how it runs me. I have learned “alternative nostril breathing.” I am noticing that many things that I have believed have not been fully true. I’m seeing through more with my Intuition now. I have realized that Intuition fully functions with Honesty. Oh, I have to watch my bad thoughts and feelings or I will never get to Higher Love. I have to catch myself. Hey, is myself real or is the Divine Indwelling in me real? What is the Divine Indwelling? I understand that this merging inside of me of the Divine Indwelling with my ego is called Union. I see that the more I make the merger of the Indwelling with the ego that the less I am divided within myself. I see that I have become One inside of myself. I see that I have become One inside of myself. I see that I have become One inside of myself. I see that I have merged and balanced the inside of myself with the outside. I see that I am balanced within Nature. I understand that the more I stay balanced, the more I exist in the state of Nonduality. I notice that I am more comfortable when I just let things flow naturally. I see that I do not need to control as much. I’m more secure now. I’m glad that I don’t have a false overly sensitive and overly secretive self anymore. I have a True Self now. Wow, I’ve reached Integrity. I don’t have to lie. I now realize that Self-Honesty is the ground floor for real Spiritual advancement. I realize that Honesty is Fundamental. I notice that I have more courage now. I feel bad that most people do not have a good idea about the Divine Indwelling inside of them. I feel bad that most people do not listen to the Divine Indwelling inside of Us more. I think people should be more Present. Are most adults really disturbed children in adult bodies? Aren’t I trying to lose my ego through this process? Yes. I have learned that the more I lose my ego that the more God works through me. Does this mean that God channels through me? Yes. Hey, the Divine Indwelling is the good part of me that needs to get strong enough to be in charge of me all the time. I’m glad that I have befriended the good part of me. I’m glad that I am facing the goodness inside of me as well as the badness. I understand my sexuality. I have Hope. Hey, since I’m in touch with the Divine Indwelling inside of me I must be in touch with God. Is God beyond words? Yes. Is God in everybody? Yes. Is God everything? Yes. Aren’t We all really part of One Soul that is in Our different bodies? Is that one Soul part of God? Is seeing the Soul in everybody part of the Christ Light? Ya, We are all part of The Universal Mind. Gee, as all religions and traditions transcend language, We are all the same inside. Everybody Loves God! Can’t We just use the word “God” to make general understanding? But other traditions call God The Great Spirit. What about the Buddha light? You know it really isn’t that hard for me to pay attention to my thoughts. Is this what they mean by “getting in touch with my own ”psyche?” Oh, wow, I just noticed that thought and now this new thought. I’m starting to notice my own thoughts more. I tried meditation and that tuned me in too. I see that I have to be Honest with myself along with meditation. I notice that meditation and other concentration activities center me. Oh, I should try to be centered all the time. Oh, I don’t want to think of that. Why not. I think I’ll keep that hidden. What for? Come on, face it. Don’t be afraid. Ya, why am I afraid of myself? Why do I care what people think of me. I shouldn’t. I’m seeing through and healing from my cultural conditioning. Yes, I see “what is.” Oh, seeing “what is” is the state of Nonduality. I see that being truthful with myself and gaining more courage go together. I’m an authentic person. Wow, I’m sane. I’m noticing my dreams more now. I’m understanding that my dreams are there to help me. I see that I’m not afraid to speak up for myself now. Nice going! I see that being truthful gets me learning about proper nutrition for myself. I realize that I am unique and so are Others. We are all unique individuals. I realize that I should not compare myself to Others. I exercise. I see that people are geared for different types of exercise. It seems that this Self-Honesty is what they call contemplation. Wow, more “alternative nostril breathing” to calm me down. Awesome! I can work matters out pretty good when I’m alone. Wow, I’ve accepted myself just the way I am. Wow, I never thought that I would ever sincerely SURRENDER TO GOD. I Surrender to the Holy Cosmos. I Surrender to the Sacred. Please help me! Give me strength! Thank you for graces sent! I Pray. Am I a walking and talking prayer? Yes. I never thought that I would be walking around thinking about keeping my Heart Open. I’m Realizing Myself More. I go out of my way to help People. I give to Charities. I am of Service to Others. I’m noticing words that I speak with more. I’m tuned into my breath. I never have “bad breath”(humor). I’m noticing all of my senses more. I’ve noticed that everything is imprinted on me. Am I me or am I the Divine Indwelling inside of me​? Is matter conscious? Hey, wait a minute, who am I? I see myself in Others. Am I Others too? Are We all One? Yes. I’m becoming conscious of myself among Others more now. I sense the feelings of others. All People Are My People. I Love Animals. I’m conscious of ethics and morality more now. I see the affect my energy has on Others. Hey, like Buddha We should realize that We are not Separate beings. Yes, wow, we are all connected. Ya, when I see someone else they are not some foreign being that I am Separate from? Yes, this means that We have to be good to Each Other. Yes, I see, the Goodness inside of me has to take over the badness. Is that so hard? No. I radiate happiness, and peace. I have confidence in myself. I Love everybody! I see that to lose my ego, I have to be conscious of myself first. Let’s try together

“Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God,”Matt. 5:8. Is My heart pure about what I am thinking about? Is My heart clean concerning this motive? Are My mind, My will and My emotions pure about what I am about to do? Am I concerned about everyone and everything when I make this decision? Am I a highly moral person? Am I in control of my Self?

I know that language is limited for explanation. I know that I will never conceal Impure Motives within Communication. I know that language and other forms of Communication used wisely are healing. I know that God is Love. I know that God is Consciousness. I know that God is Spirit. I know that God is PURE ENERGY. I know that God is Everything. I know that God is Eternal. I know that I am a spark of God. I know that I have met God inside and outside of Myself. I know that because I have Accepted Myself and deeply SURRENDERED to being as HONEST with Myself as I can, forever, that I am loving Myself. I know that I am Honestly managing My Energy. I know that Honesty is Light to My Soul. I know that this Surrender to Honesty process has led Me to lovingly accept Myself for who and what I am. I know that I am Energy. I know that loving Myself has led me to casting out fears and false notions that obstructed m Me from God Awareness. I know that courageously facing fears, along with understanding false notions, and casting them out leads to Free-Flowing Whole Brain Thinking. I know that courageously facing and analyzing painful and toxic experiences and casting them out of Me leads to Free-Flowing Whole Brain Thinking. I know that this process of Self-Honesty directly connects Me with God. I know that this process of Self-Honesty that I am committed to gets Me more in tune and more in tune with the Celestial Frequency over time. I know that the heavenly frequency channels through Me. I know that I can be One with God. I know that I am Spirit. I know that I am Eternal. I know that Self-Honesty is for Clarification of God. I know that the first and true purpose of life is for clarification of God, and for igniting this spark of God, for Me, in Me and around Me. I know that God has always taken care of Me and will continue to do so. I know that the more Honest I am, the more I will ignite the spark of God in Others.. I know that the Heart is the gateway to heaven.

I know that I need to understand proper nutrition for My physical vehicle. I know that yoga and other forms of exercise get Me in touch with My Breathing. I know that I need to be conscious of My Breathing. I know that yoga and other exercise will balance My Heart/Soul/Body/Mind/Spirit and keep Me in the present moment or the eternal now. I know that I need to Control Myself. I know that I try very hard to keep My Heart Pure in my interactions with Others. I know that being emotional can raise consciousness. I know that Heart-Felt and Mind-Created Rhetoric raises Consciousness. I know that I am sensitive and concerned about the feelings of Myself and Others. I know that I try not to disturb the feelings of Others. I know that because I am familiar with Meditation and Breathing Techniques that I can Calm Myself Down wherever I am when it is needed. I know that I must link my calm state of being that I receive from Meditation, Contemplation, other forms of Prayer, Work, Study, Exercise and Play with Self-Honesty-Investigation. I know that the ability to be Alone and Contemplate is a quality of a Loving person. I know that Discipline, Patience and Concentration are qualities of a Loving Person. I know that I must practice character development in general. I know that everything I do is a spiritual activity. I know that I try to be a living prayer.

I know most of all that I need to keep my commitment to being Honest with Myself and Others no matter what I am doing. I know that I need to have a strong will. I know that I have to keep working at having Courage. I know that I have to Stand Up for Myself if it is needed. I know that I experience the joy of Perpetual Guidance because I have SURRENDERED to God. I know that God is the Universe. I know that I am the Consciousness of the Earth. I know that I am the Cosmos and a Cosmic being at the same time. I know that I am a guardian of the Cosmos.

I know that I have to Forgive Myself and Others because We could not help Ourselves. I know that We project and communicate from different levels or degrees of understanding. I know that We see more ego in some people than in Others. I know that many people are acting. I know that each of Us has problems. I know that We accept and overcome Our problems. I know that I Pray and Act for people who have extreme hardships.

I know that I am not a SEPARATE being. I know that I am Conscious of Myself Among Others. I know that I Love Others. I know that I am ONE with Others. I know that I am Aware how I affect Others. I know that We are all the Same Inside Ourselves. I know that We all are the same Soul that is simply in different bodies that are experiencing different physical conditions and Awareness. I know that Others can carry possible disease in their DNA. I know that We can become spiritually warped. I know that We all need to Accept and Love Our individual Selves no matter what are Our individual conditions. I know that it is harder for some people to Accept their Self, and their conditions, than it is for Others. I know that the people that it is harder for can do great things once they Accept and get a hold of their Selves. I know that We should not compare Our Self to Others. I know that this is Universal Knowledge. I know that My Heart that I struggle to keep Pure helps Others to Love themselves. I know that I am Conscious Of Losing My Ego. I know that I am Conscious of being unselfish. I know that I am generous. I know that I have faced Myself the way that I am. I know that I know Myself. I know that the more that I know Myself, the more I know Others. I know that I can be wrong. I know that I will admit when I am wrong. I know that I will correct My Mistakes. I know that in My communication I will Never Distort My Reality, or reality in general. I know that I have established my own style. I know that I do not need group approval. I know that I do not define Myself by what Others think of Me. I know that I do not define Myself on how I “make” Others see Me. I know that I am not a status seeker. I know that I do not have a habit of manipulation. I know I do not compete with Others. I know that I am Self-Realized. I know that I have Awakened. I know that We all have unique personal gifts to offer. I know that We are all unique expressions of the Divine. I know that people can be mistaken about Me. I know that My purpose in life is for charity to Others.

I know that Our Human Race is evolving and that We need to have PURE HEARTS Individually and Collectively.

The koan from Zen, WORDS ARE TRAPS, is the name of this blog because it was the catalyst that affected me to break through the illusions of my mind to be able to see and know Our Universal Mind. Breaking through Our illusions makes Us much more comfortable with life. I realized that I was ONE with Everything. Our Universal Mind is Our Universal Soul(Heart) and Spirit(Energy). We are ONE in this. This is also Christ Consciousness. For lack of better words, this is God as far as We know. We do not die. We are eternal in the Universe. The words that we truthfully attempt to use in communication are approximations of the reality that we perceive through Our individual body, mind, Soul and Spirit. We have to go beyond reason/logic to Our Higher Self of Intuition to truly know what is going on with all of Us within the entire Cosmos. The Cosmos is Energy. We have to see through the illusions that have been imprinted on Our individual mind that we think of as Me. Words only approximate so far. Through the limited use of language I attempt to get across the reality of Our Universal Mind. Our Universal mind is really Our Universal Self – Our ONENESS. We are Cosmic energy. I language it in different ways because I am enthusiastically struggling with the limits of language to get across Our Universal Mind perception coming through from Source or “God” that We are part of. I agree with the great St. Francis of Assisi who said that the information was not coming from him. Francis said the information was coming through him as it does through all benevolent beings. I am sorry if I sound egotistical at times. I am not trying to inflate myself. I am Universal Energy as you are. The intention is to be of service to make others more comfortable in life through seeing and understanding. I am not really Gary Joseph Hobbins. I am Universal Mind and Spirit and so are you. We are Us. We are We or as Richard Moss put it, We are: THE I THAT IS WE. This is not a secret. We realize that WE ARE NOT SEPARATE. The same Self is in different bodies, or physical conditions, and is, part of, or Universal Energy or Everything. When We become conscious of, or truly realize, Our individual Self among Others, We begin to understand the Universal Energy that is Us and that We are the Cosmos. We have to use Our Energy, that We are individually and collectively in charge of, wisely, for the benefit of everyone and everything.

A HAND BOOK OF YOGA FOR MODERN LIVING

I found a writer, who is quite eloquent with language, who describes what I always try to get across. His name is Eugene Rawls and he authored the book A HANDBOOK OF YOGA FOR MODERN LIVING. I recently found this 1964 treasure in a resale store for fifty cents. Eugene practiced all forms of Yoga with Indian, Chinese and Japanese authorities. The cover of the book tells that he is co-founder and Director of the American Academy of Yoga. Pages 135 – 136 confirm my perceptions:

“It has been called by many names: Universal Mind, the Absolute, Tao, Brahman and numerous others. It does not matter what anyone calls it. All names are but labels in an attempt to communicate.

The Universal Mind cannot be described. It can only be experienced. It is beyond the scope of the everyday mind – this mechanical, intellectual, so called logical mind mechanism. In fact, as previously stated, the every day mind, with all of its logic and reason, with its movement and imaginings, is the ultimate obstruction to your experiencing Universal Mind.

Once experiencing Universal Mind, you know for all time who you are. You are Universal Mind. You are That. You have never been anything else and never can be anything else. You are Universal Mind at this very moment, now and forever. Only you and your realization of this one irrefutable fact of life are cloaked by the illusions of your everyday mind.

You will know the network of illusions with which your everyday mind veils you from your true self. It tells you that you are your body. It tells you that you are your mind. It incites you to desire and to strive to “satisfy” your senses.

It uses every device to keep you away from your realization, your experience of your true and eternal self.

But all of its tricks and deceptions, of all its desperate lies, there is one notion that has been implanted deep in the recesses of every human being which is the primary illusion that veils us from our true nature. This is the notion that you are a separate individual being, a separated entity, a personality, an “I.”

As Gautama Buddha said: “…no (Yogi) who is a real (Yogi) cherishes the idea of an ego-entity, a personality, a being, or a separated individuality.

All things – mind, body, matter and force – are but forms of and in Universal Mind, the great Self which is your only real identity.

In the moment of enlightenment that which you know as your self, that which you now call “I,” … merges into Universal Mind like a “dewdrop merging into the sea.” The part becomes the whole. That is fulfillment.”

I highly recommend reading, and contemplating, the collected works of Dr. David R. Hawkins to especially understand how We have to move from Reason to Intuitive knowing of Our Universal Consciousness(Mind/ Self). Study the theoretical framework of the Hawkins Map of Consciousness to aid in understanding how We have to move beyond reason in Our perception in order to feel and know Higher Love in general. We go on to know that We are not Separate from each other or the Cosmos. We are ONE. All spiritual traditions and belief systems become One at this point. The koan WORDS ARE TRAPS is designed to take Us beyond Language and illusions in general into the higher understandings of Intuition which is direct perception.

Hawkins tells Us that most people quickly filter their direct perceptions in 1/10,000’s of a second so as to see through their culturally conditions illusions. The illusions are what we need to get rid of to see what is really going on and merge into Our Universal Mind, that is, to merge into direct perception.

If you have questions about breaking through illusions in order to merge with Our Universal Mind, and be much more comfortable with your life, you can contact me through this blog.